Apparatus for wrapping magazines



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Claims priority, application Australia August 29, 1951 6 Claims. (CI. 53-52) This invention relates to apparatus for wrapping magazines.

Certain magazines are enclosed within a paper wrapper for postage, the magazine not being rolled, but remaining flat. Hitherto it has been required to wrap such magazines or the like manually, this process being slow and uneconomical, adding considerably to the cost of despatching the magazines.

My present invention has been devised with the principal object of overcoming the said present disadvantages by providing an apparatus which is adapted automatically to wrap the magazines so that, when Wrapped, they are flat and the wrappers about them are taut.

Another object of my invention is to provide a wrapping apparatus of the character stated which is very simple and economical to manufacture, rapid and efiicient in operation, and sturdy and durable in use.

My invention provides a machine which includes at least one pair, and preferably several pairs, of holding members which are such that they .are adapted to receive between them a magazine. The holding members of each pair are correspondingly curved, and at least one of the pair of holding members is adapted to be moved away from the other, to facilitate the reception between them of a magazine, or towards the other so that the magazine is gripped between them, and correspondingly curved from side to side. I provide apparatus for feeding, between leaves of the engaged magazine, an end of a flexible wrapper ordinarily of paper, this end of the wrapper being held in place by pressure of the holding members on the magazine, and a wrapping device which acts to carry the remainder of the wrapper about the holding members and enclosed magazine. Adhesive is applied by a gumming apparatus to the free end or flap of the wrapper, after which the wrapping device acts to press this adhesively coated wrapper flap over onto part of the wrapper already carried around the holding members and enclosed magazine. An ejector acts to eject the magazine from between the holding plates, the wrapper moving with it; and upon the magazine with wrapper being moved clear of the holding members the magazine is flattened, ordinarily by its natural resilience, with the result that the wrapper is tautened about the magazine. In the preferred form of the invention, several pairs of holding members are arranged at equally spaced intervals upon a rotary conveyor which is .moved intermittently about its axis so that each pair of plates .is moved from one station to another station. To each pair of holding members, then, a magazine is fed at the first station; at a second station an end of a wrapper is fed between leaves of the magazines at its side opposite the spine; at a third station the wrapper is passed about the holding members and enclosed magazine, and its flap is adhesively coated and secured in place; and at a fourth station the magazine and Wrapper are moved from the holding members. Apparatus of this character is capable of wrapping magazines in addressed wrappers at a rapid rate, and since the gumrning of the wrappers is effected at a station remote 2,747,347 Patented May 29, 1956 from the feed of the magazines or the wrappers there is no likelihood of adhesive affecting such feeding operations. I prefer that entry of an end of a wrapper between leaves of a magazine be facilitated by suctionally holding one side of the magazine cover to one of the holding members whilst separating the holding members somewhat .to enable the remainder of the magazine to spring away, by virtue of its resilience, from the suctionally held part. I prefer, too, that a mechanism be provided whereby, in the event of a wrapper not having been fed to a magazine, the gumming apparatus is rendered inoperative, to obviate the possibility ofgum therefrom being spread upon parts of the machine, to the detriment of its operation.

in the drawings:

Figure 1 is a partly broken away elevational view of portion of a machine according to the invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a pair of the holding plates and associated parts of the apparatus;

Figure 3 is .a perspective view of one of the hinged holding plates with associated pivoted arm;

Figure 4 is a detail drawing of holding plates receiving a magazine from the magazine feed device at the first station;

Figure 5 is a detail drawing of the holding plates in closed position engaging the received magazine at the first station;

Figure 6 is a perspective detail drawing of a wrapper being fed to a magazine engaged by the holding plates at the second station;

Figure 7 is a detail drawing of holding plates with engaged magazine at the third station, the wrapping mechanism having commenced operation;

Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 7 showing the wrapping mechanism acting to gum the wrapper flap;

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 8, but with the wrapping mechanism pressing the gummed wrapper flap into place; and

Figure 10 shows in perspective the wrapped magazine being ejected at the fourth station.

The apparatus shown in the drawings is devised to apply addressed wrappers to magazines of the pocket type, having covers of thick and tough, but flexible, paper. The machine includes a sturdy frame part only of the rear members of the frame being shown and indicated at 10, the frame carrying a motor and suitable operating mechanisms (not shown) for actuating the various parts of the apparatus in synchronization.

The apparatus includes a rotary carrier 11 consisting of a metal disc mounted on a horizontal carrier shaft 12 rotatably mounted on the frame 10. The carrier is adapted to be intermittently rotated through ninety degrees by a suitable mechanism actuated by the motor.

Mounted on the carrier are four pairs of holding plates, each pair consisting of .a fixed plate 13 and a hinged plate 14. The fixed plate of each pair of holding plates consists of a substantially rectangular piece of sheet metal curved arcuately in cross-section and having one end secured to an affixture bracket 15 bolted in the carrier 11. Each of the hinged holding plates may suitably be a metal casting equal in length and breadth to the fixed plate, and segment shaped in section. At one end of each hinged holding plate 14 there is cast integrally with the plate an arm 16 normally lying more or less along a radius of the carrier 11, its inner end being pivoted at 17 to the carrier 11. When the pivoted arm 16 is disposed in normal radial position, the curved face of the hinged plate 14 is spaced somewhat from, and parallel to, the curved fixed plate 13.

The outer end of the pivoted arm 16 passes freely through an opening 18 in a metal block 19 secured to the carrier 11; and a stud 20 threadedly engaged in the outer end of the said arm extends radially beyond the periphery of the carrier 11. The pivoted arm 16 is maintained normally in radial relationship to the carrier by means of a plunger 21 slidable in an aperture in the block 19 and loaded by a helical compression spring (not shown) within block 19, one end of the said plunger being urged into the opening 18 and into contact with the said arm. A stud 22 secured to the said plunger extends through a slot 23 in the block 19 perpendicular to the carrier 11. The hinged plate 14 may be moved away from the fixed plate 13 by moving the stud 20 against the action of the plunger 21; and by moving the said plunger by means of the stud 22 secured thereto, pressure on the hinged holding plate 14 is relieved.

Associated with each of the hinged plates 14 is an ejector 24, consisting of a narrow arcuately curved member disposedadjacent the curved face of the hinged plate and normally near to the carrier 11'. The ejector 24 is rigidly connected, through a slot 25 in the hinged plate, to a spring-loaded rod 26 slidable in a longitudinal hole through the hinged plate and through the associated pivoted arm 16, the front end of the said hole being closed by a plug 27, and the rod 26 extending rearwardly of the pivoted arm 16, through a slotted hole 28 in the carrier 11 and to the rear of the said carrier. Movements forwardly of the rod 26 against the action of its springloading will, of course, cause the ejector 24 to move forwardly, away from the carrier 11,

Each of the hinged plates 14 is formed, near to the outer part of its curved surface, with two spaced suction recesses 29 communicating through apertures 30 with a I longitudinal passage in the hinged plate and associated pivoted arm 16, communicating with a lateral passage in the said arm which in turn is connected to a flexible conduit 31. ed arms of the machine are connected to spaced ports of a rotor 32 of a suction valve assembly connected to a vacuum pump (not shown), the said rotor being bolted co-axially to the carrier 11, the suction valve being such that as each hinged plate 14 is brought near to uppermost position by rotation of the carrier 11 and the associated rotor 32, suction is applied through the recesses 29, such suction being discontinued after the said hinged plate has moved for some distance beyond uppermost position.

Mounted in front of the carrier 11 and perpendicular thereto are four wrapper supporting plates 33, each of which in cross section is for the greater part curved in cross section to an arc centered on the axis of the carrier, its longitudinal edges being fairly sharply rounded, as shown in Figure l.

Mounted on the frame 10 is a pivotally movable finger 34 with which a bell crank 35 is formed integrally. The finger 34 is located in such position that when the carrier is rotated in clockwise direction, viewed from the front, the said finger may be so positioned as to be struck by the stud 20 associated with a hinged plate 14 of the pair of holding plates being brought from lowermost to an intermediate position, so that the said hinged plate is caused to be moved to open position, as shown in Figures 1 and 4. One arm of the bell crank 35 is connected by a rod 36 to an arm of a similar bell crank 37 with an associated finger 38, the finger 38 being adapted to be struck by the stud 20 of a hinged plate 14 being brought to uppermost position, as shown in Figure l. The other arm of the bell crank 35 is connected by a rod 39 to a crank 40 with an associated finger 41 of somewhat different character to fingers 34 and 38, being adapted to be struck by the stud 22 of a plunger 21 as the associated holding plates are being brought to lowermost position, so that pressure on the hinged plate 14 of the said holding plates is relieved. All of the fingers 34, 38 and 41 are adapted to be simultaneously brought to operative position or to inoperative position by means of a rod 42 connected to the bell crank 36 and to a cam actuated The flexible conduits 31 from the four pivotmechanism (not shown) operated by the motor of the apparatus.

The machine includes a magazine feed device of wellknown character, including a box 43 mounted on brackets 44 secured to the frame 10. Guide wires 45 extending upwardly from the box 43 are adapted to hold a number of magazines 46 and to feed them gravitationally to the box 43. In the bottom of the box 43 is a reciprocally slidable feeder 47 adapted to be operated by the motor of the machine in synchronization with the other move ments of the parts of the apparatus to push the lowermost magazine 46 in the box 43 spine first through a restricted opening 48 in the end of the box near to the carrier 11.

The mechanism operating the carrier is such that the carrier is brought to rest as a pair of holding plates 13 and 14 are brought opposite the magazine feed device, this position of the plates being referred to as the first station. As the plates approach the first station, the stud 20 of the pivoted arm 16 engages the finger 34, which is in operative position, so that as the plates reach the first station, the hinged plate 14 has been brought to open position. The magazine feed device then operates, as before described, to feed a magazine spine first between the holding plates (see Figure 4). The rod 42 is then caused to move to bring the finger 34 to inoperative position, whereupon the stud 20 is released and the hinged plate 14 moves to closed position under the action of the spring-loaded plunger 21 to hold the received magazine firmly between the holding plates, the magazine, of course, being bent to a curve to conform to the holding plates (see Figure 5).

The carrier is then caused to move through ninety degrees to the second, or uppermost, station, and at the same time the rod 42 is caused to move to bring the finger 38 to operative position, so that when the holding plates with engaged magazine reach the second station, the hinged plate 14 has again been moved to open position. As before described, some time before the plates reach the second station, suction is applied through the suction recesses 29 of the hinged plate, so that as the hinged plate 14 moves to open position, the part of the cover of the magazine adjacent the hinged plate is caused to adhere thereto, whilst the remainder of the magazine 46, by virtue of its resilience, straightens more or less, and is clear of the suctionally held cover. In case the suction should be insufiicient to hold the magazine in place between the opened upright holding plates, I provide a spring-loaded curved supporting plate 49, mounted on the frame 10, and disposed below the holding plates when they are at the second station.

Above the carrier there is provided a wrapper feed device (see Figure 6) having a wrapper guide including a series of parallel wires 50 bent to multiple curves. A pair of feed rollers 51 are arranged near to the top, and to either side, of the arrangement of wires 50 being grooved circumferentially so that they may interact without fouling the wires 50, and at predetermined intervals wrappers 52 are fed by any suitable known means through a chute (not shown) to the rollers 51 which are rotated in opposite directions by the motor of the apparatus to feed each wrapper through the wrapper guide. The wires at one side of the wrapper guide, at its lower end, are cut short and are replaced by a hinged weighted sheet metal fiap 53, the purpose of which will hereinafter be made clear. The wrapper guide is adapted to direct each wrapper between the portion of the cover held to the hinged plate 14 and the remainder of the magazine; and in order that the distance which the wrapper is fed into the magazine may be predetermined, I provide a friction brake consisting of a leaf spring 54 lying partly in a circumferential groove of one of the feed rollers 51 and adapted to bear upon a wrapper 52 in such manner that the wrapper, on leaving the feed rollers 51, is brought to rest. After the wrapper has been fed to the magazine, the rod 42 acts to bring the finger 38 to inoperative position, so that the hinged plate 14 is moved to closed position, firmly gripping the magazine and the engaged end of the wrapper.

The carrier is then caused to move through a further ninety degrees to the third station. As the holding plates are so moved, the engaged wrapper is drawn from the wrapper guide, this being facilitated by the hinged and weighted flap 53 which yields to permit the wrapper to be freely withdrawn. The wrapper, when so withdrawn, rests upon the appropriate wrapper supporting plate 33. As the holding plates approach the third station, a springloaded wrapper tensioning plate 55 is caused to bear upon the wrapper 52 supported by the wrapper supporting plate. The tensioning plate is hingedly mounted in spring loaded manner upon a longitudinalrod 56, rotatably mounted on the front part of the frame 10, which is not shown. Also mounted upon, but electrically insulated from, the rod 56 is a contact rod 57. An arm 58 extends from the rod 56 and carries a roller 59 adapted to ride upon the periphery of the carrier 11, and upon four cams 60 secured at intervals to the carrier. The roller 59 and the cams 60 are such that as the holding plates are nearing the third station, the rod 56 is so rotated as to cause the contact rod 57 to be brought down onto the wrapper 52 supported by the wrapper supporting plate 33; and as the said holding plates reach the third station, the contact rod is brought clear of the wrapper. If, for any reason, a wrapper should not have been fed to the magazine engaged by the said holding plates, then, of course, the contact rod 57 will be brought into electrical connection, briefly, with the wrapper supporting plate 33, to close an electrical circuit of a solenoid device (not shown), the purpose of which will be hereinafter explained.

On the holding plates reaching the third station, the

fixed plate 13 is brought into contact with a second springloaded wrapper tensioning plate 61 mounted on a rod 62 secured to the front part of the frame 10. Rod 62 extends rearwardly from the front part of the frame (which is not shown in the drawings) to a position near to the disc. At the third station, means are provided for passing the wrapper 52, one end of which is held in the magazine 46, completely around the holding plates 13 and 14; gumming the flap, or end remote from that engaged in the magazine; and pressing this gummed flap down onto another part of the wrapper. To this end, I provide a lever 63 pivoted at its lower end to the front part of the frame and adapted to be oscillated through a cam mechanism (not shown) at predetermined intervals by an actuating rod 64 having at one end a fork 65 in which the upper end of the lever 63 is pivoted. Pivotally mounted on the said lever, near to its upper end, is a roller carrying bracket 66 to which is secured the longitudinal shaft 67 of a wrapping roller 68. The bracket 66 is connected to one end of a helical tension spring 69, the other end of which is anchored to an extension 70 of the lever 63. Normally, the lever 63 is so positioned that the wrapping roller 68 is located outwardly of the holding plates as shown in Figure 1. However, when the holding plates reach and come to rest at the third station, the actuating rod 64 acts to oscillate the lever 63 so that the wrapping roller 68 is caused to move across the flat surface or" the uppermost hinged holding plate 14. In so doing, the roller moves the wrapper 52 across the said hinged plate 14, as shown in Figure 7, the wrapper being maintained taut by the spring-loaded wrapper tensioning plate 55. Now, as the wrapping roller 68 is moved along a more or less horizontal path, the roller carrying bracket 66 so moves in relation to the lever 63 as to tension the spring 69; and consequently, when the said roller reaches the inner end of the hinged plate 14, the roller snaps downwardly past its inner edge. The lever 63 is then moved to bring the roller back below the curved fixed plate 13, as shown in Figure 8. Now, as the wrapping roller comes to the outer part of the fixed plate, bringing the wrapper about the pair of holding plates and enclosed magazine,

it passes closely to a gumming roller 71, rotatably mounted on a shaft secured between a pair of arms 72, and connecting a roller 73 partly immersed in fluid adhesive in a container 74. Consequently, the end, or flap of the wrapper 52 is wiped, by the wrapping roller 68, upon the gumming roller 70 which carries a film of adhesive (see Figure 8).

The solenoid device, previously referred to, is connected to the arms 72 of the gumming roller 70 in such manner that when the solenoid device is energized, the gumming roller 7i) is pulled well clear of the wrapping roller 68. Therefore, if no wrapper should have been fed to the magazine, there will be no liklihood of the wrapping roller 68 becoming covered with adhesive which would, of course, seriously interfere with the operation of the machine.

The roller carrying bracket 66 at this stage has so moved in relation to the lever 63 that, upon the wrapping roller clearing the outer end of the holding plates, it is snapped upwardly by the spring 69. The lever 63 is then caused to move again for a short distance so as to move the Wrapping roller over the top of the hinged plate 14 sufficiently to press down the gummed flap; and then the lever 63 is moved back to initial position.

The carrier 11 is then rotated through a further ninety degrees to bring the holding plates to the fourth station, whereupon the carrier comes to rest. During the movement of the carrier, the rod 42 again acts to bring into operative position the finger 41, so that the stud 22 contacts it before the carrier comes to rest, and consequently when the holding plates reach the fourth station, the spring-loading on the hinged plate 14 has been relieved. Upon the said plates reaching the fourth station, a suitable mechanism (not shown) in rear of the carrier 11 acts to move the spring-loaded rod 26 of the hinged plate 14 forwardly, so that the ejector 24 of the said hinged plate is moved correspondingly. As a result, the magazine is ejected for some distance from the plates, together with its wrapper. The magazine and wrapper can then be fully withdrawn from the holding plates by any suitable means, such as apair of upright spring-loaded rollers (not shown) which also act to flatten the wrapped magazine. Upon the magazine being flattened, either by rollers as described, or due to the natural resilience of the magazine, the wrapper becomes taut about the magazine.

It will be understood, of course, that although for clarity I have described the Wrapping of a single magazine stage by stage, in fact the machine will, simultaneously be engaged in different operations of receiving, wrapping and delivering four magazines.

What I claim is:

1. Apparatus for wrapping magazines including a carrier; a pair of holding members mounted endwise on the carrier, one of the holding members being a laterally curved plate fixed to the carrier, the other holding memher having a correspondingly curved convex face and being hingedly movable about a longitudinal axis to open position away from, or to closed position towards, the fixed holding member, the two holding members being adapted to receive between them substantially the whole of a magazine when the hinged holding member is in open position, and to hold and impart a corresponding lateral curve to substantially the whole of the magazine when the hinged holding member is in closed position; springloading means urging the hinged holding member to closed position; a release mechanism adapted to bring the hinged holding member intermittently to open position; suction holes in the curved face of the hinged holding member; a suction pump; means for intermittently connecting the suction pump to the suction holes, the suction pump being adapted to apply such vacuum at the suction holes as to cause a side of the cover of the magazine to be held to the hinged holding member; a wrapper feed mechanism adapted to insert between the suctionally held side of the cover and the succeeding leaf of the magazine an end 7 of a flexible wrapper when the hinged holding member is in open position; a wrapping member adapted to be moved to pass the remainder of the wrapper about the holding members and engaged magazine when the hinged holding member is in closed position; a gumming mechanism adapted to secure the free end or flap of the wrapper adhesively to the part of the wrapper passed about the holding members; and an ejector adapted to eject slidably the magazine together with the engaging wrapper at least partly from the holding members.

2. Apparatus for wrapping magazines including a rotary carrier; a number of pairs of holding members mounted endwise on the carrier, the holding members of each pair being adapted to receive, hold between them, and impart a lateral curve to, substantially the whole of a magazine; an actuating mechanism adapted intermittently to rotate the carrier to bring each pair of holding members to rest successively at a first station, a second station, a third station, and a fourth station; a magazine feed mechanism adapted to feed a magazine between each pair of holding members as they come to rest at the first station; separating means adapted to separate one leaf of the magazine from the succeeding leaf at the side of the mazagine remote from its spine as the magazine engaged by the holding members comes to rest at the second station; a wrapper feed mechanism at the second station adapted to insert between the separated leaves an end of a flexible wrapper; a wrapping member adapted to pass the remainder of the wrapper about the holding members and engaged magazine; a gumming mechanism at the third 9 station adapted to secure the free end or flap of the wrapper adhesively to the part of the wrapper passed about the holding members; an ejector adapted, at the fourth station, to eject slidably the magazine together with the engaging wrapper at least partly from the holding members, one of the holding members of each of said pairs comprising a laterally curved plate fixed to the carrier and the other holding member of each of said pairs having a correspondingly curved convex face and being hingedly movable about a longitudinal axis to open position away from or to closed position towards, said fixed holding member; spring-loading means acting to urge said hinged holding member to closed position; and release means acting to force said hinged holding member to open position at the first and second station, and to relieve the spring-loading on said hinged holding member at the fourth station.

3. Apparatus for wrapping magazines according to claim 1 wherein the ejector is a curved arm disposed between the ends of the holding members near to the carrier, and is adapted to be moved longitudinally between the holding members when the holding plates come to rest at the fourth station.

4. Apparatus for wrapping magazines including a rotary carrier; a number of pairs of holding members mounted endwise on the carrier, the holding members of each pair being adapted to receive, hold between them, and impart a lateral curve to, substantially the whole of a magazine; an actuating mechanism adapted intermittently to rotate the carrier to bring each pair of holding members to rest successively at a first station, a second station, a third station, and a fourth station; a magazine feed mechanism adapted to feed a magazine between each pair of holding members as they come to rest at the first station; separating means adapted to separate one leaf of the magazine from the succeeding leaf at the side of the magazine remote from its spine as the magazine engaged by the holding members comes to rest at the second station; a wrapper feed mechanism at the second station adapted to insert between the separated leaves an end of a flexible wrapper; a wrapping member adapted to pass the remainder of the wrapper about the holding members and engaged magazine; a gumming mechanism at the third.

station adapted to secure the free end or flap of the wrapper adhesively to the part of the wrapper passed about the holding members; an ejector adapted, at the fourth station, to eject slidably the magazine together with the engaging wrapper at least partly from the holding members; a metal wrapper mounted on the carrier between each two successive pairs of holding members and supporting plate; a retractor mechanism including a contact member; means for intermittently urging said contact member towards the wrapper supporting plate; and a solenoid device operatively connected to said gumming device and adapted, when energized, to render the gumming device inoperative; said wrapper supporting plate and said contact member being connected in the circuit of said solenoid device to form a switch adapted, if no wrapper is supported by the plate and the contact member makes electrical connection therewith to close the circuit of said solenoid device.

5. Apparatus for wrapping magazines including a rotary carrier; a number of pairs of holding members mounted endwise on the carrier, the holding members of each pair being adapted to receive, hold between them, and impart a lateral curve to, substantially the whole of a magazine; an actuating mechanism adapted intermittently to rotate the carrier to bring each pair of holding members to rest successively at a first station, a second station, a third station, and a fourth station; a magazine feed mechanism adapted to feed a magazine between each pair of holding members as they come to rest at the first station; separating means adapted to separate one leaf of the magazine from the succeeding leaf at the side of the magazine remote from its spine as the magazine engaged by the holding members comes to rest at the second station; a wrapper feed mechanism at the second station adapted to insert between the separated leaves an end of a flexible wrapper; a wrapping member adapted to pass the remainder of the wrapper about the holding members and engaged magazine; a gumming mechanism at the third station adapted to secure the free end or flap of the wrapper adhesively to the part of the wrapper passed about the holding members; and an ejector adapted, at the fourth station, to eject slidably the magazine together with the engaging wrapper at least partly from the holding members; said wrapping member comprising a longitudinal roller and mechanism for moving said roller, said roller carrying the remainder of the wrapper with it, laterally across one holding member and back laterally across the other holding member.

6. Apparatus for wrapping magazines including a rotary carrier; a number of pairs of holding members mounted endwise on the carrier, the holding members of each pair being adapted to receive, hold between them, and impart a lateral curve to, substantially the whole of a magazine; an actuating mechanism adapted intermittently to rotate the carrier to bring each pair of holding members to rest successively at a first station, a second station, a third station, and a fourth station; a magazine feed mechanism adapted to feed a magazine between each pair of holding members as they come to rest at the first station; separating means adapted to separate one leaf of the magazine from the succeeding leaf at the side of the magazine remote from its spine as the magazine engaged by the holding members comes to rest at the second station; a wrapper feed mechanism at the second station adapted to insert between the separated leaves an end of a flexible wrapper; a wrapping member adapted to pass the remainder of the wrapper about the holding members and engaged magazine; a gumming mechanism at the third station adapted to secure the free end or flap of the wrapper adhesively to the part of the wrapper passed about the holding members; and an ejector adapted, at the fourth station, to eject slidably the magazine together with the engaging wrapper at least partly from the holding members; said gumming mechanism including an adhesive-coated roller; said wrapping member comprising a longitudinal roller, and mechanism for moving said roller, said roller carrying References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Crowell Nov. 15, 1892 Crowell Nov. 15, 1892 Agnew Oct. 19, 1897 Spievak Aug. 27, 1940 Hoppe Feb. 24, 1 942 

